BYP100 Durham Chapter joins other community groups and residents including SONG and the #Sayhername Durham Collective in a large action protesting the abuse of the institution of policing. ‘Durham Rally Against Police Terror’ is a continuation of the ‘Durham Beyond Policing’ campaign and demonstration amidst the national actions calling out the violence of police in our communities. BYP100 joins hundreds of Durham residents outside of the Chapel Hill Street Durham Police Department as we gather to call for a swift divestment from the police and oppose Durham City Council’s vote to move forward with a new $71 million police headquarters.

“When you consider the histories of modern police as slave catchers, lynch mobs, and Jim Crow enforcers, it is quite difficult, if not impossible, to reconcile being pro-Black and pro-police. An institution premised on anti-Blackness cant be reformed to protect and serve Black people — yes, even if the officers are Black themselves. What we’re witnessing is about institutions, not individuals.” – Danielle Purifoy, BYP100 Organizer

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